Herodotus the great greek historian was born about 484 bce, at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians. Herodotus claims that since this legendary king 330 pharaohs have ruled he does not mention all of them, but gives some attention to the great conqueror sesostris, who has conquered the whole world. Herodotus, the histories, book 2, chapter 1, section 1. Herodotus claims to have traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book, almost all of which covers territories of the persian empire. At the beginning of the histories, herodotus sets out his reasons for writing it. Perseus collection herodotus search for documents in search only in herodotus. The history of herodotus, parallel englishgreek, tr. Greek researcher, often called the worlds first historian. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue.
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